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Rituals performed at Sabarimala

Staff Reporter

PATHANAMTHITTA: Kalabhabhishekom was performed at the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala on Wednesday.

Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru, assisted by Melshanti E. Eeswaran Namboodiri, performed the customary rituals at the Namaskara Mandapam of the temple in the forenoon. The kalabhom (sandal paste) was then taken out in a procession to the sanctum sanctorum for pouring it on the Ayyappa idol prior to utcha puja. Later, the sandal paste was distributed among the devotees present at the temple sopanam as prasadom.

The Tantri performed puja to the 1,001 kalasoms (urns carrying holy water), including the Brahmakalasom in a golden urn, in the afternoon for the Sahasrakalasabhishekom to be held at the temple on Thursday. The temple will be closed on Saturday.

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